Calendar device



Feb. 16, 1932.

s. JOSEPH 1,845,500

CALENDAR DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 28, 1929 INVENTOR S TEL 1. A@552.

ATTORNEY Feb. 16, 1932. 5, JQSEPH 1,845,500

CALENDAR DEVICE Filed. Dec. 28, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR STELLAJOSEPH.

ATTORN EY Patented Feb. 16, 1932 STATES STELLA JOSEPH, OF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA CALENDAR DEVICE Application filed December 28, .1929. Serial.No. 417,049.

My invention relates to calendars, diaries, and other devices in whlch alarge number of dates, or blanks in connection with dates,or-

chronological, numerical, alphabetical matters are arranged in suchmanner as to be readily accessible at all times.

The objects of this invention are: first, to provide a device of thisclass whereby a large number of dates, calendar blanks, and the like,may be contained in a compact space, and whereby a portion or smallgroup of such dates, blanks, or the like, may be temporarily segregatedfrom the 'rest' so that anyone of the group may be used or readilyscrutinized; second, to provide a device of this class in the form of acalendar or diary which will contain data memoranda or calendar blanksfor every day in the year, and in which several succeeding days aregrouped together and designated by appropriate names as the past,

present and future, such as yesterday, ,today, to-morrow, on thesucceeding day, so that the day and date of the past, present and futuremay be readily determined, as well as any notation, made on or for suchdays, ob-

served; third, to provide a compact device having a many sided rotor onwhich is mounted a tape or other device in such manner that a portionthereof is exposed at each side and in which the greater portion of thetape or other device is wound on the inside of the rotor in such amanner that any portion of the tape may be readily exposed and theformerly exposed portion drawn inwardly so that only a small portion ofthe tape or other device is exposed at one time, the rotor being readilyrotatable so that any one of the sides of the rotor may be turned towardthe front for exposing the corresponding portion of the tape, or thelike; fourth, to provide a device of this class whereby any portion ofthe calendar, or tape, or other recording member of the device, may bereadily brought into view by the simple rotation of a knob, and wherebythe rotor upon which the several portions of the calendar, tape, orother recording member, is brought into View, may be readily rotated byanother knob independently of the former, so that any portion exposed onthe rotor may be quickly brought into view for viewing past, present,and future dates, data, and notations and for making future notations;fifth, to provide a device of this class for preserving past data andnotations and for preserving the same in concealed form; sixth, toprovide a device of this class from which the old and used up calendar,tape, or other recording member may be readily removed and a new oneeasilysubstituted; seventh, to provide a device of this class havinginterchangeable index or other tabs; eighth, to provide a novellyconstructed multi-sided casing for housing the calendar, tape, or otherrecording member, and for exposing portions thereof at all of saidsides; ninth, to provide novel means for mounting a fresh roll ofcalendar blanks, or other data, or tape, in a casing in and on whichportions of the former are exposed; tenth, to provide a novelarrangement of rollers upon one of whichthe tape, or other member iswound while the other is unwound, the arrangement, of rollers being suchas to take-up the greatest available space within the rotor or othermember on which the tape is exposed so that the greatest possible rollof tape may be used; eleventh, to provide novel yieldable roller meansadapted to engage the exterior surfaces of the rolls of tape to preventthe same from unrolling too freely; twelfth, to provide a device of thisclass in which a portion of the calendar blank or other tape is soexposed so as to pro-vide a convenient writing surface thereon;thirteenth, to provide as a whole a novelly constructed device of thisclass; and, fourteenth, to provide a device of this class which issimple and economical of construction, proportionate to its functions,durable, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction, 95combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will behereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in theappended claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and tothe characters 106 of reference thereon which form a part of thisapplication in which:

Figure 1 is a partial front and partial sectional view of my device inone form of construction; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational viewthereof showing certain parts and portions broken away and in sectionfor showing the means for winding and unwinding the tape; Fig. 3 is anenlarged fragmentary sectional view thereof taken at 33 of Fig. 2; Fig.4 is an enlargedtransverse sectional view thereof taken at l4: of Fig.3; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of my device taken fromthe opposite side thereof and also showing certain parts and portionsbroken away-and in section to facilitate the illustration; Fig. 6 is aperspective view of my device in its preferred form; Fig. 7 is a"transverse sectional view thereof taken at 77 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is afragmentary perspective view of a removable plate for securing therollers to the inner casing or rotor; Fig. 9 is a setcional view thereoftaken at 99 of Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a fragmentary side view of the rollerupon which the roll of tape or calendar, or the like, is initiallymounted; Figs. 11 and 12 are, respectively, end views of the oppositeend of said roller; Fig. 13 is a side View of the other roller uponwhich the tape or the like is wound; Figs. 14 and 15 are, respec tively,end views from the opposite end of the latter roller; Fig. 16 is a sideview of a key for holding the end of the'tape upon the lat: ter roller;Figs. 17 and 18 are, respectively, end views from the opposite ends ofthe key; Fig. 19 is a side view of the yieldable and resilient means forholding the tape-wound on the roller; Fig. 20 is a developed view ofexterior surface of the rotor showing the blank calendar tape inconnection therewith; and Fig. 21 is a detail View of the inner rotor.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the views of the drawings.

My device, as shown in the drawings, is enclosed in a casing consistingof a casing member 1 and a cover 2, the latter being secured over oneend of the former by screws 8. The casing is provided with a largeinterior 1a at its rear portion in which a rotor A is mounted and aninclined front and upper wall 16 which is inclined at a convenient anglefor writing purposes. The rear wall 10 is circular so that the rotor Amay revolve conveniently therein. WVithin the front portion and thebottom of the casing is a suitable weight 4 so that the casing cannottilt backwardly readily. In the upper portion of the inclined wall is arectangular opening 10? through which one face or side of the rotor Amay project or be exposed.

The rotor is polygonal in cross section and, in this instance, issubstantially triangular, the faces being slightly curved. The rotor Aconsists of an outer rotor member 5 and an inner rotor member 6. Theouter rotor member is provided with an end wall 5a and a side wall intriangular form extending to one side of the end wall. The triangularside wall, designated 5?), is provided with a large opening at each sidethrough which separate portions of the continuous calendar member, tape,or other recording member 7 may be seen, as shown best in the developedView in-Fig. 20. The inner rotor member is also provided with an endwall 6a and triangular'side walls 67), but the side walls, in thisinstance, are all separate from each other, but secured at one edge tothe inner side but inwardly from the end wall 6a. The side walls 66,when the member 6 is positioned within the member 5, are spaced slightlyinwardly from the inner sides of the side walls of the rotor member 5,so that the tape 7, above referred to, may be extended through thisspace, designated 13. At the vertices of the side walls of the member 6are rollers 8, 9, 10 and 11 around which the tape is adapted to extend.The roll of tape, designated 12, is positioned within the inner rotormember and the tape 7 thereof extends first around the. roller 8, thenover the outer side of one of the side walls 6?), then around the roller9, then around the next adjacent 'side wall of the member 6, then aroundthe roller 10, then over the third side of the member 6, then around theroller '11, and then into the interior of the rotor. It will be notedthat the lateral edges of the side walls 61) extend close to the sidesof the rollers so that the tape may be drawn easily from one to theother without obstruction. The rollers are mounted in the end wall 6a ofthe member 6 and are removable thereannular flanges 5d and 6d whichextend into annular recesses 1e and 20. in the end wall of the casingmember 1 and in the cover 2, as

shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6 and 21. These annular flanges are coaxial withthe axis of the rotor and rotatably support the same upon the casingabove referred to.

At the axial portion of the end plate 5a is i also provided a knob 13for rotating the rotor. This knob extends through an opening 1; in theend wall of the casing member 1. On the hub 13a of the knob is a notchedmember 14 which is engaged by a spring actuated spindle 21.

16, however, isrotatably mounted with respect to the plate 6a and isprovided on its top 16a'with a gear 17 which meshes with a pair ofpinions 18 and 19 which are loosely mounted on spindles 20 and 21 whichare rotatably mounted in the end wall 6a. On the gears 18 and 19 aremounted pawls 22 which engage ratchets 23 and 24 fixed to the spindles20 and 21. These ratchets, however, are so arranged that when the knob16 is rotated in one direction, one of the spindles is rotated, and whenrotated in the opposite direction, the other spindle is rotated.

To the edges of the side walls6b of-the member 6, opposite the end wall6a, is removably secured a roller support 25 which is in the form of aplate removably clasped to the edges of the side walls 6?) by anysuitable means, such as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. On the inner side ofthis supporting plate are provided centers 25a and 256 on which arecentered and mounted rollers 26 and 27, the former supporting the freshroll of tape 12 and the latter receiving the used tape, that is, thelatter rollers is adapted to unwind the tape from the former. The roller26 is mounted at its opposite end on another center 28 carried at theinner end of the spindle 20. On the center 28 is also provided a keyportion 29 which is adapted to extend into a corresponding slot, asshownin Figs. 10 and 12. The roller 27 is preferably fixed to the In theroller 27 is provided a longitudinally extending dovetail slot 27a inwhich is adapted to be fitted a correspondingly shaped key 30 which isprovided at one end with a ring 30a which is adapted to be positioned atthe end of the roller 27 and around the center 255. This key is adaptedto'hold the end of the tape in order to wind the same thereon from thetape roll 12.

The tape is normally held taut on the rollers 26 and 27 and also therollers 8, 9, 10 and 11 by yieldable rollers 31 and 32 which arerotatably mounted on frames 33 which are pivoted at one end withincylindrical members 34 in which are positioned coil springs 35, as shownin Figs. 7 and 19. One end of each coil spring is secured to thecylindrical casing and the other to the pivoted frame 33 so that therollers 31 and 32 are normally'forced against the roll of tape 12 andthe tape wound on the roller 27.

The tape or dairy calendar, in this instance, consists of a continuousflexible tape, preferably of paper, which is equally divided intosections. Each section, designated 70, is provided with a blank portionfor recording engagements, data or general information. Each section isconsecutively dated. Each section also bears the calendar of a month,but the consecutive sections are provided with calendars of differentmonths so that the calendar of three months may be readily brought toview. For example, there are three openings in the rotor member 5 whichexposes three sections of the tape. These sections of the tape areprovided with monthly calendars of December, January and February; thenext following section is provided with the monthly calendar ofDecember, and so on in the same order to the end of the month whenthe'month of December is dropped and the month of March added. The threeopenings in the rotor member 5 are designated with the words yesterday,today and to-morrow. The opening designated to-day is normally turned tothe front, that is, over the opening in the exterior casing, but therotor may be either turned backwardly or forwardly by the knob 13 so asto past or future calendar months may be viewed or so that past recordeddata may be reviewed, or future engagements or notations for futurereference made on the portion or section of thetape opposite theopening, designated to-morrow.

At one 'side of each of the openings in the outer rotor member may beprovided numbers 36a on a plate or index tab '36. These numbersdesignate the hours of the day for which engagements are made or. otherdata recorded. These index tabs, as well as the members 37 on which thedays are imprinted may be removable, as shown, for changing the indices.

When theroll 12 .is-used up and wound on the roller 27, the screws areremoved which permits the removal of the plate. 2. The rotor is thenremoved and the inner rotor member removed from the outer rotor member.The plate 25 is then removed which permits the key 30 to be removed forremoving the'old roll of tape or the old calendar, or any other rollemployed. A new roll is then placed upon the roller 26, or a rollalready mounted on the roller 26, is then placed in position with thefree end secured in the roller 27 by the key 30. The plate 25' is thenreplaced and snapped into position. The other members are thenreassembled in the reverse order above outlined.

Though I have shown and described a partic-ular construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions, and a certainapplication of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to thisparticular construction, combination, and arrangement, nor to theparticular application, but desire to in clude in the scope of myinvention the construction, combination and arrangement, substantiallyas set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, an enclosure having a pluralityof sides with openings in said sides, a roll of tape mounted within theenclosure with different portions exposed to View through the different.lia

openings, means for varying the position of the tape, and a supportingmeans for rotatably supporting the enclosure.

2. In a device of the class described, an enclosure having a pluralityof sides with openings in said sides, a roll of tape mounted within theenclosure with different portions exposed to view through the differentopenings, a roller within the enclosure upon which the same is woundfrom the roll, and means for rotatably supporting said enclosure.

3. In a device of the class described, an enclosure having a pluralityof sides with openings in said sides, a roll of tape mounted within theenclosure with different portions exposed to view through the differentopenings, a roller within the enclosure upon which the same is woundfrom the roll, means for rotatably supporting said enclosure, and meansfor rotating said roll and said roller in opposite directionsindependently of the rotation of the enclosure on the supporting means.

4. In adevice of the class described, a casing having an inclined frontside with an opening therein, a rotor rotatably mounted within thecasing and provided with a plurality of sides, the sides thereofregistering with the opening in the casing, and a single tape shiftablymounted within the rotor with a portion extended over the several sidesof the rotor.

5. In a device of the class described, a casing having an inclined frontside with an opening therein, a rotor rotatably mounted ithin the casingand provided with a plurality'of sides, the sides thereof registeringwith the opening in the casing, and a roll of tape mounted within therotor adapted to be drawn around all sides of the rotor and back intothe rotor.

6. In a device of the class described, a casing having an inclined frontside with an opening therein, a rotor rotatably mounted within thecasing and provided with a plurality of sides, the sides thereofregistering with the opening in the casing, and a roll of tape mountedwithin the rotor adapted to be drawn around all sides of the rotor andback into the rotor, said rotor having an inner wall around which thetape is drawn and an outer wall having openings therein through whichdata on the tape may be seen and other data recorded thereon.

7. In a device of the class described, a casing having an inclined frontside with an opening therein, a rotor rotatably mounted within thecasing and provided with a plurality of sides, the sides thereofregistering with the opening in the casing, and a roll of tape mountedwithin the rotor adapted to be drawn around all sides of the rotor andback into the rotor, said rotor having an inner wall around which thetape is drawn and an outer wall having openings therein through whichdata on the tape may be seen and other data recorded thereon, the sidesof the rotor when registering with the opening in the casing beingsubstantially at the same inclination as the upper side of the casing.

8. In a device of the class described, a casing having an opening in itsupper side, rotor mounted therein and projecting through the opening,and a tape shiftably mounted on the rotor, said rotor being adapted tobe rotated for turning various portions of the tape toward and oppositethe opening in the casing.

9. In a device of the class described, a casing having an opening, arotor mounted within the casing and provided with a plurality of sides,and a tape mounted within the rotor and adapted to be drawn over thesides of the rotor and shiftable thereon, the sides of the rotor beingseparately registerable with the opening in the casing for viewing thedata of the tape at the different sides of the rotor and for recordingdata at the different sides thereof.

10, In a device of the class described, an enclosure having amultiplicity of faces designating past, present and future time, and acalendar tape shiftably mounted on the enclosure and adapted to bepositioned variously with respect to the time designations.

11. In a device of the class described, a supporting means, a rotorrotatably mounted thereon, said rotor comprising an outer rotor memberhaving an end wall and a side wall secured thereto and provided with aplurality of sides having openings therein, and an inner rotor memberhaving an end wall and side wall, the side wall fitting within andspaced from the side walls of the first rotor member, roller supportingmeans within the inner rotor member, a roll of tape mounted thereon andextending between the adjacent edges of two adjacent sides of the innerrotor member and around all sides thereof and back into the inner rotormember, and a roller within the inner rotor member adapted to unwind thetape from the roll.

12. In a device of the class described, a supporting means, a rotorrotatably mounted thereon, said rotor comprising an outer rotor memberhaving an end wall and a side wall secured thereto and provided with aplurality of sides having openings therein, and an inner rotor memberhaving an end wall and side wall, the side wall fitting within andspaced from the side walls of the first rotor member, roller supportingmeans within the inner rotor member, a roll of tape mounted thereon andextending between the adj acentedges of two adjacent sides of the innerrotor member and around all sides thereof and back into the inner rotormember, a roller within the inner rotor member adapted to unwind thetape from the roll, means for rotating said roll and said roller inopposite directions, and other means separately rotating the rotor.

13. In a device of the class described, an enclosure, a pair of rollersrotatably mounted therein in spaced parallel relation, a roll of tapemounted on one of the rollers and adapted to extend around the enclosureand adapted to be wound up on the other roller, the tape when Wound onthe first roller substantially engaging one side of the interior of theenclosure, and when wound upon the other roller substantially engaging asubstantially opposite side of the interior of the enclosure, saidrollers being also positioned a minimum distance apart.

14. In a device of the class described, a rotatable enclosure having aplurality of sides forming rigid Writing surfaces, a tape mountedtherein and extended with a portion therefrom over the writing surfaces.

15. In a device of the class described, a casing having an opening, arotor mounted within the casing and provided with a plurality of sidesadapted to register with the opening in the casing, and a single tapeshiftably mounted on the rotor with a portion of the tape extended overthe several sides of the rotor and accessible through the opening in thecasing for writing upon the tape at the several sides of the rotor.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles,California, this 13th day of December, 1929.

STELLA JOSEPH.

